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Peachtree Decco 2 setup...

I need advice, I recently picked up a Peachtree Decco 2 for a bedroom system. I've got an NAD DVD player as the source, connected via PS- audio digital interconnect to the decco. I'm also using my pc for digital (flac) files, tied in with a no-name USB cable. Speakers are dynaudio audience 42 with analysis plus oval 9 speaker cables. So that's the setup, here's the problem... It sounds, well, like crap!! Theres hardly any bass, the highs are much too 'soft' and the midrange seems over-pronounced. Am I using the wrong equipment somewhere in my setup? Any advice would be great, thanks in advance.
chubz71
afranta
180 posts
 
I haven't heard the Decco, but I doubt it has the juice to drive *any* Dyns. I had Excite X12s (easier to drive than your Audience 42s) and my Nait 5i didn't have enough to open them up.
chubz71 OP
3 posts
 
Thanks to all. Prior to the decco, I ran the dyns with my nad c-350, sounded great. Since my post, I switched the dynaudio 42's with a pair of dyn 62 floorstanders I have. The sound has improved, but not by much. Ill try the NAD power section with the decco preamp this weekend. Is that even possible? I know the NAD can be used as just a pre, but can it also be used as just a power amp? I never thought of that.
kbarkamian
647 posts
 
It can. There's a Main In/Pre out loop on the back. Remove the jumpers, and put the preamp out from the Decco into the main in using RCAs.
edge22
31 posts
 
There are a couple of buttons on the back of the Decco that toggle in and out -- one that is for jitter (narrow versus wide) and I believe the other is some type of filter slope.

In my experience, setting the jitter button on the back to narrow sounds noticeably better (and might explain the "soft" sound you hear). I believe the wide button is to be used only if you have a very high jitter source. I would also experiment with the other button as well to see which sounds better to you.
chubz71 OP
3 posts
 
Thanks for the input everyone , by alas, the decco is gone. After trying all possible combinations within my means, I concluded it just didn't gel with my system. Oh well, the search continues...
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